KBS 701 "Paul" waits on the ex NKP Peoria Line just west of the junction with the ex NYC Kankakee Line for a westbound to clear on the NYC. 701 is bound for Lafayette where it will interchange loa... (more)

KBS 701 is named Paul after an engineer on the railroad. Here, Paul heads east with another engine and a long cut of loaded 4750 hoppers for interchange with NS. The train is travelling over the e... (more)

The Lafayette train pulls slowly out of the elevator track at Donovan so the engineer on the 701 can line the switch back. Then both sets of power will rock and roll south towards Layfayette with ... (more)

Well at 7:30 everybody grab an engine and went about getting cars moved. Here a single unit moves some cars around before teaming up with another crew to go get 20 cars together for the Lafayette ... (more)

With 45 cars and 3 units, this Lafayette train bounces, rocks, and rolls their way south along highway 52. The train is about 25 miles from Lafayette yet. This is small time railroading watching t... (more)

The 1st chore of the day for this crew was to run to St. Anne, IN, to pickup 25 grain from the Union Pacific. Now they are in Donovan, and with the local out of the way they will pickup all the ca... (more)

The local around Iroquois is working with engines on both ends to get grain picked up from Iroquois and Donovan for the Lafayette train to pickup. In a few minutes the Lafayette train will arrive ... (more)